With the New Hampshire primaries drawing near, once again the presidential candidates are dominating the guest lineups on the bobblehead shows this weekend. We'll see how many of them start dropping like flies once the week is over.
Here's this week's lineup from the Orlando Sentinel (check your local listings for times in your area):
Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., talks to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are other guests. The panel will be radio host Hugh Hewitt, Hallie Jackson and Andrea Mitchell of NBC and Chris Matthews of MSNBC's "Hardball."
Sanders and Hillary Clinton are guests on CBS' "Face the Nation" at 10:30 a.m. on WKMG-Channel 6. James Brown previews Super Bowl 50, and another guest is DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association. The program runs 30 minutes this weekend.
CNN's "State of the Union" has three presidential candidates: Sanders, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., and Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio. The program airs at 9 a.m. and noon.
Presidential candidates Clinton, Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talk to ABC's "This Week" at 10 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. The panel will be Cokie Roberts and Matthew Dowd of ABC, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol.
"Fox News Sunday" has three presidential candidates: Christie, Kasich and former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla. The program starts at 10 a.m. on WOFL-Channel 35. The panel will be Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Julie Pace of The Associated Press, James Pindell of The Boston Globe and former Gov. John Sununu, R-N.H.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson talks to "Sunday Morning Futures" at 10 a.m. on Fox News Channel. Other guests are Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Zach Sims, CEO of Codecademy. The panel will be GOP strategist Ed Rollins, journalist Judith Miller and Robert Wolf, former UBS chairman and Obama fundraiser.
"Inside Politics," goes to one hour at 8 a.m. on CNN. The panel will be Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin of The New York Times, Molly Ball of The Atlantic and Maeve Reston, Jeff Zeleny and Manu Raju of CNN.
Author and basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a guest on "Fareed Zakaria GPS" at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on CNN. A panel on presidential politics features David Frum of The Atlantic, Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, Arianna Huffington of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group and Jacob Weisberg of The Slate Group. Another guest is Dr. David Agus, author of "The End of Illness."
Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corp., is featured on CNN's "Reliable Sources" at 11 a.m. J. Ann Selzer of Selzer and Co. talks polls. A panel features Dylan Byers of CNN; Rebecca Traister, author of "All the Single Ladies"; and Harry Jaffe, author of "Why Bernie Sanders Matters." Another segment features Ana Marie Cox of MTV News and Matt Lewis, author, "Too Dumb To Fail" and CNN commentator.
Brit Hume and Tucker Carlson are guests on "MediaBuzz" at 11 a.m. on Fox News Channel. Former Bloomberg politics news director Kathy Kiely discusses why she decided to resign. Other guests are AB Stoddard of The Hill, Molly Ball of The Atlantic and Joe McQuaid, publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader.
Let us know what's catching your eye this morning.
